Cephalomys
Extinct genus of mammals
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Cephalomys is an extinct genus of rodent that inhabited South America during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Cephalomyidae |
| Genus: | †Cephalomys Ameghino, 1897 |
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Distribution
Cephalomys arcidens inhabited Patagonia during the Late Oligocene.[2]
